Chapter 416: Shall We Leave Together?
Back on the lawn, Annan looked at the soaked Ashe and said apologetically, “It must have been tough for you. Qenna is hard to deal with, isn’t she?”
“Yeah,” Ashe wiped his face. “I almost got sunk… Are we leaving now?”
A hovercar was parked on the lawn, clearly a taxi Annan had called. The Happy Family Firm had already met its demise here, so they didn’t have to worry about modern transportation suddenly blowing up.
Annan nodded. “We need to leave first.”
“First?”
“Igor said he would stay here to continue suppressing these people, ensuring no one pursues us,” Annan glanced at Yvaren in the distance. “Once we reach a safe place, he will leave alone to meet up with us, minimizing the risk.”
A question mark appeared above Ashe’s head. “The Bewitcher I know is neither a moral person nor a self-sacrificing figure.”
Alice said, “But didn’t he work so hard to resurrect you?”
“Putting aside that it was the result of deceiving the Gospel, the more important thing is, I’m not dead right now,” Ashe shrugged. “It’s like how I’d risk everything to save Lise if she were in danger, but when she just wants to play, at most, I’d have my Substitute play with her diligently.”